Handbook on poverty and inequality / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker.
By: Haughton, Jonathan Henry
Contributor(s): Khandker, Shahidur R
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2009Description: xxi, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780821376133; 0821376136; 9780821376140 (electronic); 0821376144 (electronic)Subject(s): Poverty -- Statistical methods | Poverty -- Econometric models | Equality -- Economic aspects -- Econometric modelsDDC classification: 339.460727 LOC classification: HC79.P6 | H344 2009UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENGOnline resources: Publisher description | WorldCat details | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents What is poverty and why measure it? -- Measuring poverty -- Poverty lines -- Measures of poverty -- Poverty indexes : checking for robustness -- Inequality measures -- Describing poverty : poverty profiles -- Understanding the determinants of poverty -- Poverty reduction policies -- International poverty comparisons -- The analysis of poverty over time -- Vulnerability to poverty -- Poverty monitoring and evaluation -- Using regression -- The effects of taxation and spending on inequality and poverty -- Using survey data : some cautionary tales.
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